XP-Style Windows Explorer

Does anyone know if it's possible to set the Windows Explorer to XP-style behaviour? Note: I don't want to go to classic mode as I like Aero, and I'd rather not have to resort to Windows Commander et al.

(1) there's no "level up" where you click and you go up one level in the directory tree.

(2) the pane on the left apparently doesn't give a frig where you are. I'd like to go in a folder and have the left side open up to there, just like in XP.

Users that upgraded from XP will know what I mean, apparently this weird behaviour was introduced in Vista.

Does anyone know if it's possible to set the Windows Explorer to XP-style behaviour? Note: I don't want to go to classic mode as I like Aero, and I'd rather not have to resort to Windows Commander et al.

(1) there's no "level up" where you click and you go up one level in the directory tree.

(2) the pane on the left apparently doesn't give a frig where you are. I'd like to go in a folder and have the left side open up to there, just like in XP.

Users that upgraded from XP will know what I mean, apparently this weird behaviour was introduced in Vista.

Thanks!

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Windows Explorer in Vista/7 is much more efficient than that of XP:

1. Yes, there is no "level up" button in Windows 7's explorer. But there is a better alternative called the "breadcrumb bar". It saves you plenty of clicks.

2. You can see where you are by just taking a glance at the breadcrumb bar. So there's no need to look at the left pane. However, you can still use the navigation pane to do things the old way.

This is one of the reasons I use Directory Opus. I used it even on XP. It is a much better disk/folder/file manager than Windows Explorer. There are other alternatives as well, DOpus is just my preferred replacement.

Does anyone know if it's possible to set the Windows Explorer to XP-style behaviour? Note: I don't want to go to classic mode as I like Aero, and I'd rather not have to resort to Windows Commander et al.

(1) there's no "level up" where you click and you go up one level in the directory tree.

(2) the pane on the left apparently doesn't give a frig where you are. I'd like to go in a folder and have the left side open up to there, just like in XP.

Users that upgraded from XP will know what I mean, apparently this weird behaviour was introduced in Vista.

Thanks!

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1) Use "breadcrumbs" or press ALT+ {Up Arrow} to go to parent directory.